The Official 2018 NBA Summer League Thread | July 2-17

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Box Factory said:
I know it's only summer league but not really enthused by the job Nick Nurse has done with the Raptors.

Can't blame all the bad play on him but his rotations and lineups have been ridiculous

Chris Boucher and Hilnason have mostly been glued to the bench for a 30 year old Brazil league veteran and and a career minor leaguer.

Bouchers rim protection is amazing but he's just too thin to be a 5. Maybe he could be a poor unicorns Kristaps type guy at the 4 with his shot blocks, rim crashing and 3s
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It's summer league. The first two games are meaningless so they wanted to get a look at every player. Pretty sure they have all the film they need to evaluate most of these guys. Notice he didn't play Lima or Teague today.

It sucks Fuquan Edwin was injured, he looked like the best player on the 905 the few times I watched them last year. Shevon Thompson though, yikes. He's very athletic, but he plays with the softness, apprehension and sluggish footspeed of Rasho Nesterovic out there.

I think Giddy Potts is gonna get a two-way, same with Boucher. Rawle never signed his two way and they have like 3 roster spots open (aside from the 2 two-way roster spots).
 
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It's summer league. The first two games are meaningless so they wanted to get a look at every player. Pretty sure they have all the film they need to evaluate most of these guys. Notice he didn't play Lima or Teague today.

It sucks Fuquan Edwin was injured, he looked like the best player on the 905 the few times I watched them last year. Shevon Thompson though, yikes. He's very athletic, but he plays with the softness, apprehension and sluggish footspeed of Rasho Nesterovic out there.

I think Giddy Potts is gonna get a two-way, same with Boucher. Rawle never signed his two way and they have like 3 roster spots open (aside from the 2 two-way roster spots).
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I just wanted Hlinason and Boucher to get more burn.

Maybe they're hiding Hlinason or he's just trash but he was insanely good at eurobasket last year. Gave guys like Jonas and Marc Gasol big trouble.
 
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Box Factory said:
I just wanted Hlinason and Boucher to get more burn.

Maybe they're hiding Hlinason or he's just trash but he was insanely good at eurobasket last year. Gave guys like Jonas and Marc Gasol big trouble.
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It's possible that they're hiding him, but I think he's just really raw. Otherwise someone would've taken him in the draft or his ACB team has an insane buyout that teams don't want to pay.

Boucher is painfully thin. His future is definitely at the 4. Wonder if he can improve his physique though, he's already 25 and he had like 7 months with the Warriors and they couldn't put any weight on him even during his rehab.
 
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It's possible that they're hiding him, but I think he's just really raw. Otherwise someone would've taken him in the draft or his ACB team has an insane buyout that teams don't want to pay.

Boucher is painfully thin. His future is definitely at the 4. Wonder if he can improve his physique though, he's already 25 and he had like 7 months with the Warriors and they couldn't put any weight on him even during his rehab.
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Yeah I've said the same thing about Boucher. Even in today's NBA I don't think he can handle minutes playing in the paint. Which is a shame cause his shotblocking, finishing lobs and 3s are all NBA level.
 
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Swagnificent said:
No. He's Bobby Sura 2.0.

My 90s nikkas know who that is.
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i'm an 80s baby breh, i definitely know who sura is. Sura is a fair but lazy comparison to me. May as well call him rex chapman or more aggressive/athletic danny ainge before that if you want easy/lazy comparisons. grayson is similar size/build and is similarly athletic to sura, but it's the ability to play point and his passing vision at SG size that gives me ginobili vibes. add to that his aggressive drives w/ long strides and frequent euro stepping to the hoop, and he looks like ginobili. for the non-white comparison, he has shades of eric gordon, beal, booker.
 
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